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BlackBerry 8800 Accessories Now Available At ShopBlackBerry.com

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One of the big disappointments when the BlackBerry Pearl was first launched was that you couldn’t get any BlackBerry accessories for it when it first came out. This is not the case with the BlackBerry 8800. As a matter of fact, you can get BlackBerry 8800 accessories now and the BlackBerry 8800 doesn’t go on sale for at least another week.

Like it’s smaller cousin, the BlackBerry 8800 doesn’t come with a holster in the box. Don’t worry, however, because you can order a BlackBerry 8800 leather swivel case from the official BlackBerry Accessories store, ShopBlackBerry.com. There you will find the BlackBerry 8800 leather swivel case in several different colors as well as a bunch of other BlackBerry accessories like spare batteries, Bluetooth headsets, car chargers, and more.

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BlackBerry 8800 Goes On Sale Feb. 21st According To Cingular Inner-Office Memo

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According to a Cingular inner-office memo, the BlackBerry 8800 will go on sale a week from today. This isn’t anything that we hadn’t expected with a BlackBerry 8800 Launch Party taking place on the 20th.

In partnership with Research In Motion, we will begin selling the model on Feb. 21. The product will include the TeleNav GPS Navigator™, a built-in global positioning system, which is a first for a BlackBerry device that we sell. With a new trackball navigation system, the 8800 supports our Push To Talk service, provides a media player and a microSD expandable memory slot for storage of music and videos.

Thanks to BlackBerry Forums member nike30, you can read the full Cingular Inner-Office Memo here…

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Daylight Savings Time Patch for BlackBerry Now Available

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In case you haven’t heard, Daylight Savings time is changing this year. Instead of the clocks springing ahead 1 hour on the first Sunday of April, DST has been moved up a few weeks to the second week of March. Additionally DST will end a bit later as well, moving passed the last Sunday in October and ending the first Sunday of November.

For humans these changes don’t really make that much difference, however, they can and will reek havoc on computer systems programed to automatically adjust their clocks based on the old dates for DST. You can, however take solace in the fact that your BlackBerry will continue to work properly because Research in Motion has recently released a patches that will correct these issues.

You can access the DST 2007 Patch download page by following this link.

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BlackBerry 8800 YouTube Videos

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Since RIM’s announcement of the BlackBerry 8800 at the 3GSM conference, videos of the BlackBerry 8800 have been popping up on YouTube. so far we are aware of two of them both of which you can view after the jump. If you know of any other BlackBerry 8800 videos, leave us a link in the comments and we will update this post.

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BlackBerry Connect Coming to 5 New Windows Mobile Powered Devices

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Research in Motion today announced plans to offer BlackBerry Connect on 5 new Windows Mobile Powered devices from HTC on various carriers around the world.

BlackBerry Connect on HTC handsets supports push-based wireless email access, wireless email reconciliation and attachment viewing in conjunction with both BlackBerry® Enterprise Server and BlackBerry® Internet Service.

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Official BlackBerry 8800 Device Specifications

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  • Phone.
  • Email and text messaging (SMS and MMS).
  • GPS-enabled for location-based services.*
  • BlackBerry Maps, the best way to find your way.*
  • Integrated address book, calendar, memo pad, task list.
  • Web browser.
  • Instant Messaging.
  • Media Player. Audio and video playback in a variety of formats.1
  • Full QWERTY keyboard.
  • The tethered modem capability lets you use the device as a wireless modem for your laptop or PC.
  • Speakerphone and Voice Activated Dialing.
  • Bluetooth capability for hands-free dialogue via headsets and car kits.
  • Stereo headset capable.
  • Integrated attachment viewing.
  • Compatibility with popular Personal Information Management (PIM) software.
  • High resolution, light sensing screen that adjusts lighting levels automatically for ideal indoor and outdoor viewing.
  • Dedicated Send, End and Mute keys, a pearl-like trackball navigation system, plus a user definable convenience key.
  • 64 MB of memory and expandable memory via microSD card.2

* Check with service provider for service plans and supported features and services.

  1. All audio and video files must be transferred to the smartphone before playing. Files can be transferred via USB cable, smartphone browser application or Bluetooth. For a complete list of supported media file formats visit www.blackberry8800.com
  2. The BlackBerry 8800 accepts microSD cards; the amount of storage is determined by card capacity.

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